Land Use Data for Latitude -1.75 Longitude 40.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Lower Tana River
Tana River Primate National Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.